Mail box mounting



Dec. e, 1938. M ATHEWS 2,138,977

MAIL BOX MOUNTING Filed July 30, 1936 /5 1" 3-- I I J ll 4 l9 5 1 /0' /0 m A w Patented Dec. 6, 1938 UNITED STATS PATENT GFFECE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to mountings or supports particularly designed for deposit and collection receptacles, and more especially mail boxes.

An object of the invention is to provide for 5 the mounting of a rural mail box on a conventional fence post.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a bracket of such structural characteristics that it may be readily associated with a conventional fence post and a conventional mail box to be supported by the post without requiring any departure from the original structure of either the post or the mail box.

The invention together with its objects andadvantages will be better understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing where- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the 20 application of the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view through the mail box and bracket.

Figures 3 and 4 are detail sectional views taken substantially on the lines 33 and 4-4 respectively of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective View of the bracket and with the mail box removed.

Briefly, the invention consists, as illustrated in the drawing, of a substantially unitary bracket 30 structure 8 comprising in general, a head 9 suitably provided so as to be readily sleeved onto the upper end of a conventional fence post 5; braces l9 secured at opposite sides of the head 9, and a clamp ll associated with the lower ends of the 5 braces and adapted to be engaged with the fence post 5 in a manner to secure the bracket on the post with the mail box 6 resting on the head 9.

In the present instance the invention is illustrated as designed especially for application to,

40 and association with a conventional T fence post 5 and a conventional mail box 6, which latter is characterized by having a raised bottom I presenting at the bottom of the box, a hollow IQ for conformably receiving the head 9 of the bracket.

45 More specifically, the head 9 of the bracket indicated as a whole by the reference numeral 8 consists of a pair of continuous frames l2 disposed alongside one another with adjacent sides of the frames in intimate contact and riveted or 50 otherwise secured together as at i3. Intermediate the respective opposite ends of the frames the said adjacent and connected sides thereof are fashioned complementarily as at I l-44 and in conformity with the cross-sectional shape of the 55 post, in the present instance the T post 5, to allow the head 9, as a whole, to be sleeved onto the post.

The braces III are paired and at one end are riveted or otherwise secured as at [5 to the outer sides of the respective frames l2 and against the inner faces of said sides.

One pair of braces I!) are integral with one part It and the other pair of braces are in the form of extensions integral with the part I! of the aforementioned sectional or two-part clamp ll.

The parts 89 and ll of clamp II are fashioned complementarily and in conformity with the style of the post used in the present instance a T post, and are drawn into positive clamping engagement with the post through the medium of bolts I8 as illustrated.

As shown in Figure 5, the head 9 of the bracket is supported on the uppermost end of the post with the clamp ll positively engaged with the post at a point spaced downwardly from the head 9. The head 9 of the bracket is of such shape and dimensions as to fit snugly within the hollow IQ of the mail box, with the bottom 1 of the box seated flatly on the head 9, as shown in Figure 2.

Thus it ,will be seen that by having the head 9 so complementing the bottom structure of the mail box resort to clamps ,o-r analogous instrumentalitie's for positively securing the box in position will be obviated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:--

1. In a mounting for mail boxes of the type characterized by a raised bottom and depending wall portions; a bracket including a pair of frames disposed along side one another and adapted to fit snugly within the depending wall portions of a mail box, and in flat contact with the raised bottom of such a box; said frames hav- 5 ing adjacent sides thereof secured together at spaced points and complementarily fashioned intermediate the points of securement toconformably and friotionally accommodate therebetween a supporting post.

2. In a mounting for deposit and collection receptacles of the type characterized by a raised bottom and depending wall portions; a bracket comprising a head consisting of a pair of frames disposed along side one another and adapted to fit snugly within the confines of the depending wall portions of a receptacle of the type aforementioned, and to flatly contact the under-side of the raised bottom of such receptacle; the adjacent sides of said frames and intermediate the ends of the respective frames being complementarily formed to provide for said head an opening to receive one end of a supporting post; a supporting post-embracing clamp, and brace members secured at one end thereof to the frames and at a relatively opposite end to said clamp.

MAX MATHEWS. 

